Key-ring holder



1927' c. E. GILLETTE KEY RING HOLDER Filed June 18, 1926 Patented Jan.4-, 1927.

warren stares CHARLES EDWARD GILLETTE, OF HOBNELL, NEW YORK.

KEY-RING HOLDER.

' Application filed June 18, 1926. Serial No. 116,881.

This invention relates to improvements in key-ring holders of thecharacter intended for attachment to the garment of the wearer.

One of its objects is the provision of a 5 safety key-ring holder orsuspension device which is made of a single piece of material and whichis constructed to effectually prevent accidental displacement of theholder from the wearers pocket as well as the ke v 1 ring from theholder.

Another object of the invention is to provide a simple and inexpensiveholderot this character whose attaching and ring supporting parts are soconstructed as to render the holder capable of ready attachment to andremoval from the pocket of the wearer and he key-ring to and from theholder.

In the accompanying drawings :Figure 1 is a perspective view of myimproved key-ring holder showing the same attached to the pocket of agarment. Figure 2 is an enlarged sectional side elevation thereof.

Similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughoutthe several views.

In the preferred form of the invention illustrated in the drawings, thekey-ring holder is shaped from a single length of spring steel wire oflike material and con- :m sists of a shank and coil-clasps 11 and 12arranged at opposite ends thereof the clasp 11 being arranged at theupper end of the shank for engagement with the edge Off a garment-wicket13. and the clasp 12 being 3: arranged at the lower end of the shank fordetachably receiving a key-ring 1a or similar device. These coils arecomposed of approximately two turns lying more or less closely togetherso that the upper coil will snugly clasp or en'ibrace the upper edge olthe pocket. and the key-ring will be compelled to be sprung into itssuspended position between adjoining turns of the lower coil. As shownclearly in Fig. 2, the upper coilclasp 11 is arranged at one side of theshank 10 and has its turns extending rearwardly therefrom, while thelower coil-clasp 12 is arranged on the other side of the shank and hasits turns extending forwardly from it,

whereby the holder is adapted to lie flatwise against. the garment ofthe wearer. Furthermore, this construction eliminates sharp edges orcorners and there are no projections liable to get caught andaccidentally detach the holder from the pocket.

While the attaching and key-ring supporting clasps possess the necessaryresilience to reliably retain the holder to the pocket and the key-ringin the holder, the free end or final turn 15 of the upper coil 11 facesupwardly and is deflected outwardly a suitable distance toward and inproximity to the adjoining turn so that said coil is pinched tightlyover the edge of the pocket. At its upper end. the final'turn 15 of thiscoil may terminate in a point or spur 16 which is adapted to enter thematerial of the pocket and thus prevent accidental upward displacen'ientot the holder therefrom. In a similar manner. the downwardly-facing freeend 17 of the lower coil 12 is deflected inwardly or toward and inproximity to the adjoining turn so that it is necessary to snap thekey-ring in place, said end 17 forming a guard and preventing loss ofthe ring from the holder.

In attaching the holder to the pocket. the coil-clasp 11 is slippeddownwardly over the edge of the pocket and the key-ring 14 is snappedinto engagement with the coil-clasp 12. To detach the holder from thepocket, it is swung around to the position shown by dotted lines in Fig.1, after which it can be readily withdrawn from engagement with thepocket.

I claim as my invention 1. A holder for a key-ring formed from a singlelength of resilient wire and comprising a shank, and coil-olaspsarranged at. opposite ends of the shank and adapted to engage agarment-pocket and a key-ring, respectively, one of the clasps beingarranged at one side of said shank and having its turns extendingrearwardly therefrom, and the other clasp being arranged at the otherside of the shank and having its turns extending forwardly therefrom.

2. A holder for a keyring formed from a single length of wire andcomprising a shank, a coil-clasp arranged at the upper end of the shankand adapted to engage the edge of a garlnei'lt-pocket, and a coil-clasparranged at the lower end of the shank and adapted to engage a key-ring,the free ends of the coils of said upper and lower clasps facing inopposite directions and being deflected toward the remaining turns ofthe corresponding coil to form guards and prevent accidentaldisplacement of the holder from the pocket and the key-ring from theholder, respectively.

CHARLES EDWARD' GILLETTE.

